Re: Fwd: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared
David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> writes:
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> Subject: Re: Debian 11 Xfce panel Network Manager applet has disappeared
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:38:49 -0700
> From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>
> To: Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm>
>
> On 4/17/24 03:47, Gareth Evans wrote:
>> On Wed 17/04/2024 at 09:18, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
>>> On 4/16/24 08:56, Gareth Evans wrote:
>>>> On 16 Apr 2024, at 00:18, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/15/24 09:21, Gareth Evans wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun 14/04/2024 at 13:29, David Christensen wrote:
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> I have used the Xfce panel Network Manager applet for many years.
>>>>>>> Tonight, I noticed that it has disappeared (!).
>>>>>>> ...
>>>>> 2024-04-15 16:08:23 dpchrist@laalaa ~
>>>>> $ ps aux | grep nm-applet
>>>>> dpchrist 1518 0.1 0.2 426500 35380 ? Sl 16:06 0:00 nm-applet
>>>>> dpchrist 1940 0.0 0.0 3240 644 pts/0 S+ 16:15 0:00 grep nm-applet
>>>>>
>>>>> 2024-04-15 16:15:12 dpchrist@laalaa ~
>>>>> $ nm-applet
>>>>>
>>>>> 2024-04-15 16:15:31 dpchrist@laalaa ~
>>>>> $ ps aux | grep nm-applet
>>>>> dpchrist 1518 0.1 0.2 426500 35380 ? Sl 16:06 0:00 nm-applet
>>>>> dpchrist 1952 0.0 0.0 3240 644 pts/0 S+ 16:15 0:00 grep nm-applet
>>>>
>>>> That seems to show it's running from the outset, just not being displayed on the panel.
>>>>
>>>> Does rebooting (or logging out and in again) bring it back?
>>>
>>>
>>> No.
>> OK. You may have checked this already, but in case not, if I
>> install XFCE and go to
>> Settings > Session and Startup > Application Autostart
>> there is an entry in the list called
>> "Network (Manage your network connections)"
>
>
> It is checked.
>
>
>> which shows a tooltip of "command: nm-applet"
>
>
> Command: nm-applet
>
>
>> Might this somehow have become unset?
>> I'm not sure if it's possible for GUI config helpers to become
>> detached from actual settings - this seems to describe the relevant
>> locations:
>> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/669372/xfce4-session-and-startup-where-are-autostart-items-saved
>
>
> 2024-04-17 11:21:06 dpchrist@laalaa ~
> $ grep nm-applet ~/.config/autostart
> grep: /home/dpchrist/.config/autostart: No such file or directory
>
> 2024-04-17 11:33:11 dpchrist@laalaa ~
> $ find .config -name autostart
>
> 2024-04-17 11:33:22 dpchrist@laalaa ~
> $
>
>
> 2024-04-17 11:34:14 dpchrist@laalaa ~
> $ grep -r nm-applet /etc/xdg/autostart
> /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop:Exec=nm-applet
> /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop:X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=nm-applet
>
>
> My WAG is that nm-applet is failing to start, but I have been unable
> to find if and where any error message is reported.
>
What are the permissions on the nm-applet binary? maybe it doesn't have
permission to execute, or the process which starts it doesn't have
permission.
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